Joe William
Karman the sailor

Engineered boat looks from a distance to one of the branches on the beach in one of the seafront villages that are still in the Tanjung Karang district.

After the engine boat rests on the agile, looks a middle-aged man skinny and tall jumped up while carrying a rope and then tethered the rope on a pile so that the boat is not carried by the current to the middle of the sea.

After putting the rope together, it looked like the man with his head tied with a towel on his neck who had turned back to jump into the boat and then lifted a chest filled with his catch since last night.

Some of the men appeared to help the middle-aged man lift the crate and then take it towards a small warehouse and place the crate on the scales.

"Second kilo." Said the fat man while tearing the notebook of the number of scales and then handed it to the skinny man earlier.

"Well, mr. Karman. Not bad for today's catch, right?!" Said the fat man.

"Alhamdulillah. Last night the sea was a little calm. So, it is not too difficult to throw a trawler. What else am I alone. Well, this is pretty good." Answer the skinny man named Karman.

While they were busy chatting, suddenly from the beach looked a boy running towards the small warehouse while shouting. "Dad. Someone's looking for you. He said from the town of Kemuning." Said the boy while hugging the thigh of that skinny guy named Karman earlier.

"Who are they Karim?" Ask Karman.

"Karim doesn't know, Dad. They asked me where Dad was in all the people. Finally one of Dad's friends drove them home." The ten-year-old boy named Karim answered.

"Let's go home."

"Oh yes Tauke. Tomorrow I'll take the money. All of us kirahan. How much is owed and how much is left of my money. I'll go home first." Karman said to the fat man he called Tauke.

"Ok is Karman. Hope you have more results tomorrow. If you need solar, you SMS only yes. My workers will send it to you." Said the fat man.

"Ready go. Anyway Tauke just calm down." Karman said then rushed to hold Karim's hand and then walked to the village not far from the beach.

At first glance, this village is not much different from the village of Kuala Nipah. This is because the village here is both on the seafront.

It's just that, the difference is, the village here is more crowded, larger and looks like a small town on the seafront with some factories also in this village.

...*********...

Karman seemed to frown when he saw several units of four-wheeled vehicles parked under an acacia tree not far in front of his simple house.

With his chest pounding, he immediately accelerated his pace to get home soon.

"Assynnya!" Karman said as soon as he arrived at the door.

"Getishalight." Said a woman holding a girl about five years old.

"Have you come home bang?" Ask the woman.

"It's Mar." Answer Karman.

"Mar. Whose car is that?" Ask Karman in wonder.

"That's the car of the people he said were from the city of Kemuning. They're looking for brother." Answer Marlina. The woman Karman married about twelve years ago.

"From the city of Kemuning? Where are they now?" Ask Karman.

"They're behind the house bang. Sitting under a mango tree.

"Don't you let me in?" Ask Karman.

"Already bang. But they refused. She said no foreign man should enter a man's house when his husband is not at home." Answer Marlina.

"Hmmm... Very ethical. I wonder who this guy is." Karman said, handing over a piece of paper to his bini, and then immediately headed to the back of the house from the street next to the house.

With a little effort, Karman finally arrived also under a mango tree that has a resting place made of hemispheres. This was deliberately made by Karman to just rest if it is being used in the house.

"Ah, good afternoon bang. Are you looking for me?" Karman asked who did not see the faces of those people because of his position on Karman's back.

Some of the guest men immediately turned around when they heard the greeting from behind and..,

"Heh. Bang Tigor!" Karman said it was like he did not believe it.

"Here you're a real bang?" Karman asked again as he rushed to about six men who were sheltering under the mango tree.

"Karman!" Tigor said, standing up and shaking hands with each other.

"Where have you been Karman. Two days I've been looking for you everywhere. Even the nearly two hundred men I have sent to search for your presence in all the cities of these five regions." Tigor.

"How did you know I was here?" Karman asked, allowing his guest to sit down.

"You must be wondering why I can be so sure that this is your home." Tigor.

"Yes bang. Why can you be so sure?" Karman asked inquisitively.

"Because of your boy. His face is very similar to yours."

"Hehe." Karman said with a smile and then patted the shoulders of Andra, Ucok, Acong and the others alternately.

"How did you get out of this village to Karman?" Ask Tigor.

"The whole story is bang." Karman said while sitting down.

"Try me to tell you in short!" Pula Ucok.

"Finished we replied to that message, Brother did you tell me to get out of the way?! I did get out of the way bang. But not running far away. I kept on stalking the whole thing."

"When the police arrived, I saw Marven arrested while the police shot Birong dead. I was also surprised to see the Black Cat in the foot shoot. You were also caught at the time and dragged into a police car." Karman said of his journey.

"Then?" Ask Tigor again.

"Initially I wanted to go to the city of Kemuning to meet Bang Monang and the others. But because I saw the news that Black Cat would be put to death. Then I saw Marven in the law with a sentence of 20 years in prison and you who got 17 years in prison, I got very scared. What else does everyone know that I'm with Marven very close."

"With the rest of the money I got from Marven and from Abang, I fled to this remote village and stripped my identity as part of a black cat gang. I started to build this house and took a job as a fisherman, until finally after five years in this village, I married a girl who I thought was very good. From that marriage, I was blessed with two children. One was named Karim. Karim is what you say looks like me. The second two women. I named her Karlina. That's how it is." Karman said it was his journey after the incident.

"You feel at home working as this fisherman Karman?" Ask Tigor.

"You know what else bang. No work where to eat me. My dog will eat too. In the meantime I have no backrest. Lucky I used to follow your advice not to gamble anymore. With the money from the greatness of my rice science, I was able to buy a machine boat and this house. This is finally it." Karman said.

"Carman. You have the ability. It's a shame that your abilities are wasted. Just look. Soon Marven will be released from prison. I suspect that he must have had a grudge against me. You just stay here. Stay at sea. But don't think about the results. I'll give you a money guarantee of 20 million a month. How's it?" Ask Tigor.

"Seventeen years ago my salary was 10 million. After a long time, it only increased by 10 million. Don't want me. 35 million a month." Karman said with a laugh.

"Damn you Karman. Haha. Yeah, 50 million for you a month. Money matters I never count. What's more now Martins Hotel's business and everything else is great." Tigor.

"Hehehe. This is an old friend of his name. Oh yeah bang. You mean what kind of job? Do you want me to work for Marven again?" Ask Karman.

"It's very true. However, you don't look for her. Let him find you. You're still a fisherman so as not to arouse suspicion. Once free, I am confident that Marven will definitely collect the remains of his men. You are no exception either. Just accept her invitation to go back to work and be my eyes and ears by her side. How's it?" Ask Tigor.

"Alright bang. This is because we are friends. Thank you for remembering this wasted me." Karman said as if these words were slapping the cheeks of Monang and the others who were in that place.

"I'm sorry Karman. It's not that we throw you away. But you also need to know that we have a lot to do after Tigor bang goes to jail." Monang said while patting Karman on the shoulder.

"That's what I know. It's okay." Karman.

"Carman. In this check there are a hundred million rupiahs. You just take it and fix your leaking roof." Said Tigor handing over a piece of check to Karman.

"Thank you bang. Thank you very much." Karman said with a trembling hand receiving a piece of the check. His eyes seemed to be glazed at this moment.

"Oh yeah. What's your account number. So that I can send money every month as your salary. We also need to exchange contact information. Because after this, we can't see each other anymore. I'm afraid our plan will be ruined because of this." Tigor.

"Ready bang. Here's my account number and my cell phone number." Karman said as he handed his phone to Tigor.

After recording Karman's mobile number, Tigor returned the phone to its owner and got up.

"Carman. We left first to go back to the city of Kemuning. There's still a lot to do." Tigor said as he hugged the skinny man.

"Be careful on the street bang." Karman said.

"Bang loh? Don't drink first. I just made you guys coffee." Reprimanded a woman when she saw Tigor and the group walking towards the car.

"Thank you sister-in-law. We still have a lot of work to do. Anytime when you're calm, just come to Martins Hotel. You're free to go in and out of that hotel." Tigor said as he handed the girl a piece of VIP card.

"What card is this I don't understand." The woman said as she handed the VIP card to her husband.

"Where do you understand this. You know you're cash." Karman.

"All right, Karman and you're sister-in-law. We'll take care of it." Tigor said and immediately opened the door of his car.

Shortly after, the group left Karman's house and headed back to the city of Kemuning.

...**Completed read, mandatory Like...

Connect**...